HORIZON

Hi y'all. These blogs are about "how to capture pics in a different perspective than usual ", "how to edit them in according with our moods", "particularly how to make them better" and "importantly understanding them better". Firstly, we see how to examine them and how to understand those different elements.

Until now we have seen and learned basic composition rules. Well there are many things out there if you want to understand photos. One of the most important element is HORIZON. 

HORIZON : 

Horizon in general terms known as "the line where sky and land/water meets". We mostly use this general aspect while shooing horizon lines. It's always better to keep the horizon line in the horizontal position.

You see, by placing horizon line in the horizontal fashion gives us a sense of balance in the photograph. Stability depends on where you place that horizontal horizon line(high or low). On the other  hand when the horizon is inclined, it itself disturbs the balance.

You see, the horizon line is inclined so much that, it disturbs the balance. By disturbing the balance, we lose the sense of stability. Well, generally it's not recommended.

STABILITY OF HORIZON :

Now that we know something's about horizon, we for sure know that, it should be a horizontal line. Now the question is, where should we want to place that horizontal line in the image, lower or higher? This is, for sure, a important thing to consider, it shouldn't be done vaguely. 

High Horizon Line : 

High horizon line gives us a sense of looking upward. We do it subconsciously when we encounter any high horizon images. That upward looking invites stress on the eyes. And due to that little stress, the image itself looks not so good. Let's encounter that...

You see, what's your feeling about first picture? Not in terms of composition but in terms of uncomfortableness and un-easy feeling. What about the second picture? Do you feel less un-easy compared to the first picture?

You see, it's the human perception to invite stress when we move our eyes up or even when we got a feeing of moving eyes up.

That's the reason why both images create a feeling of un-easy and impression that they can be better if they put that horizon line somewhere other than that high position.

Low Horizon Line :

It's recommended to keep horizon line low when you are shooting sky-based objects(like sunset, clouds formation, etc. ). By keeping horizon low, you can able to give more space to the sky thus there will be more negative space. By doing that you would be highlighting objects on the land/waters and as well as sky-based objects.

In the first picture of that double rainbow, the horizon line is low. Because of that, the double rainbow occupied more space than land and gave some good details. Imagine this same scene with a high horizon. You would probably end up with less details of the rainbow and feels like land is interfering with the  beautiful scenery.

In the second picture, because of the low horizon, we got a stable and steady feeling of that hills. They looks just as stable as normal. You see, you wouldn't feel any stress by looking them.

 Middle Horizon Line : 

Generally recommended when there's not much importance to land and sky (or) equal importance to both land/water and sky (or) your subject is more important than land/water and sky. In these type of cases, you would place your subject as the main focus of shot and try to highlight it with the backdrop of sky and land.

In the first picture, the person is showing his enjoyment with the backdrop of those rocky mountains and sky. That was a good candid shot(shots which are taken when a person is performing any action(any action like eating, walking, running, etc.) ).In this picture, the main objective is that person's enjoyment shot, there's relatively less importance to the sky and those rocky mountains.

Coming to the second, it's a portrait shot of a person with the backdrop of sky and water's horizon. Obviously the more importance goes to the person than the background. So the horizon line was kept in the middle.

TAKEAWAY NOTES :

• Horizon is an important element in the photography. It should be placed thoughtfully.
• Lower Horizon line is the recommended one because it gives a sense of stability.
• Higher Horizon line is generally not recommended as it invites little stress.
• Middle Horizon Line is generally considered when land/waters and sky are relatively less important than your main subject.

NEXT-UP :

• Exposure

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